Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Paper Title: Homelessness and At-Risk Families: The Characteristics and Causes of Homelessness Among At Risk Families With Children in Twenty American Cities
Paper Title: Homelessness and At-Risk Families:
The Characteristics and Causes of Homelessness Among At Risk Families With Children in Twenty American Cities
(full text of paper can be found in Appendix D of this report) Authors: David Reingold and Angela Fertig
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Paper Title: The Impact of Homelessness on Children: An Analytic Review of the Literature
Paper Title: The Impact of Homelessness on Children: An Analytic Review of the Literature
(full text of paper can be found in Appendix A of this report) Author: John Buckner
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Paper Title: Permanent Housing for Homeless Families: A Review of Opportunities and Impediments
Paper Title: Permanent Housing for Homeless Families: A Review of Opportunities and Impediments
(full text of paper can be found in Appendix C of this report) Authors: Jill Khadduri and Bulbul Kaul
Summary of Presentation. The presentation highlighted permanent housing options, subsidies, and other resources offered by programs for l
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Paper Title: Toward a Typology of Homeless Families: Conceptual and Methodological Issues
Paper Title: Toward a Typology of Homeless Families: Conceptual and Methodological Issues
(full text of paper can be found in Appendix B of this report) Authors: Thomas Babor and Rene Jahiel
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Directions for Typology Development
Following the paper presentations and discussions, the group discussed how best to proceed with the task of typology development. The following general guidelines emerged from the discussion.
The two top goals for a typology should be a focus on prevention (in hopes of minimizing the population) and resource allocation. From the Federal perspect
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Summary and Discussion of Prospects for Secondary Analysis
Toward a Typology of Homeless Families: Prospects for Secondary Analysis Authors: Debra Rog, C. Scott Holupka, Kelly Hastings, Lisa Patton, Marybeth Shinn
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Summary and Discussion of Literature Review
Toward a Typology of Homeless Families: Building on the Existing Knowledge Base Authors: Debra Rog, C. Scott Holupka, Kelly Hastings, Lisa Patton, Marybeth Shinn
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Potential Problems to Anticipate in Developing a Typology
The panelists emphasized the importance of identifying the goal of a typology before beginning to develop one. Different goals would demand different designs and more than one goal could translate into multiple typologies that need to be developed. It was agreed that more than one typology was needed to inform the policy world.
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Types of Studies That Could Best Inform a Typology
The discussion of research studies focused on the advantages and disadvantages of longitudinal and cross-sectional designs . Some participants argued that cross-sectional designs are not helpful because they confound those who remain homeless with those who are newly homeless. It was suggested that a longitudinal study that followed first-time ho
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Factors Considered for Inclusion in a Homeless Families Typology
First, the panelists thought it was important to know how large a typology is needed-that is, how many variables should be considered? The caution was to keep it simple and focus on variables that provide the most differentiation. A good typology should have practical utility, be easy to derive from the data, and have the ability to predict futu
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Expert Panel Overview
To guide the conceptualization of the typology, a one-day Expert Panel meeting was held in Washington, DC on July 25, 2005. Experts in homeless families research, homelessness research in general, welfare, and typology development were invited to participate along with several Federal representatives. The Expert Panelists discussed what constitute
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Summary of Implications From the Literature Review
The research studies conducted on homeless families have largely focused on the characteristics and needs of homeless mothers and their children (Bassuk and Rosenberg, 1988; Wood et al., 1990; Goodman, 1991a, 1991b; Shinn et al., 1998; Weitzman et al., 1992; Rog et al., 1995a, 1995b; Bassuk, 1996; Rossi, 1989). As already noted, these studies and
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Knowledge Gaps
Whatever the purpose of a typology, its development entails a series of decisions and choices that require comprehensive knowledge of the population, the research that produced the knowledge, and the tradeoffs with the available approaches to typology development. There are several gaps in the knowledge of the overall homeless family population th
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Review of the Literature on Use of Typologies
Although there has been some limited attention to typologies for homeless families (e.g., Danesco and Holden, 1998) the literature that is most helpful involves efforts to develop typologies and classification systems for a range of populations, including individuals who abuse substances (e.g., Epstein et al., 2002; German and Sterk, 2002), indivi
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Developing a Typology of Homeless Families
The literature review provides a broad understanding of what is known about homeless families from the research conducted to date and offers a foundation for developing a typology of homeless families. There are also, as noted next, a number of unanswered questions about the population that may be important to address in moving forward. However, t
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Service Needs, Access, and Utilization Patterns of Homeless Children
Research indicates that homeless children have high rates of both acute and chronic health problems. They are more likely than their poor housed counterparts to be hospitalized, to have delayed immunizations, and to have elevated blood lead levels (Alperstein, Rappaport, and Flanigan, 1988; Parker et al., 1991; Rafferty and Shinn, 1991; Weinreb et
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Service Needs, Access, and Utilization Patterns of Homeless Mothers: Health, Mental Health, Trauma, and Substance Use
Homeless mothers and their families face a number of challenges and problems, some that may stem from being homeless and others that may have contributed to becoming homeless. Homeless mothers, for instance, have more acute and chronic health problems than the general population of females under 45 years of age.
